[CPEO-BIF] Former Kitson Mill site, Greenwood, South Carolina

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Greenwood moving ahead with brownfield cleanup

By Bill Poovey 
GSA Business
September 9, 2015

Greenwood, an Upstate city rooted in textiles, is sentimental about its mill town and railroad heritage. Reminders of those economic engines and lifestyles are part of a downtown revitalization that community leaders want to enhance by developing a brownfield site on the edge of town.

As City Manager Charlie Barrineau walks in Uptown Greenwood past construction of a farmers market project designed like a rail depot, he points at storefront renovations, vacant offices converted to condominiums and the new Good Times Brewing at the Mill House restaurant. He said downtown is attracting more people, especially young adults, and a mixed-use project at the former mill site could include multifamily housing.

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For the entire article, see
http://gsabusiness.com/news/55621-greenwood-moving-ahead-with-brownfield-cleanup

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope Street
Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
Fax: 650-961-8918
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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